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As you inhale, slide your hands up your shins, half lip, long spine chin in in so the back of the neck is long actually.

Yeah, exhale hold.

Press into your feet, inhale sweep your arms all the way up overhead.

And then as you exhale, bring your hands to your heart.

And I hope that through actually taking these challenges and facing them head on

and really learning about how this human vessel thing that we're riding around and how it works and how we can make choices to affect it that maybe my journey can help other people not have to have so many struggles in theirs or have those aha moments a little bit sooner.

Exhale, hands to the hearts.

Good, inhale, press down, reach up, reach from your side body back face.

You're listening to Voices from the GoPro Mountain Games, as she explores

podcast mini-series made in collaboration with the Vale Valley Foundation

with support from Life Straw. I'm Gail Strawb and this episode features Ariel's ship in conversation with Gabache Moreno at the Mountain Games. We spend time outside for the sake of our physical and our mental health and our

guest for this last episode in the mini-series is someone who is gifted at speaking to the mind-body

connection we nurture doing what we love outside.

Ariel ship is a coach, yoga teacher, and hopeful Pacific Crest Trail through Hiker with a focus on health

and adventure. I caught up with Gobache right after their conversation and was moved by how she

described Ariel.

Ariel is very honest and she has a very graceful way of putting her story to the service of others.

Obviously as a very experienced yoga instructor I think she's been teaching for 10 years.

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